Patents by Inventor Michael Ducker
Michael Ducker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240144201Abstract: The disclosure describes embodiments of systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media that enable network transactions between user accounts belonging to different network transaction platforms and unify user account modifications across user accounts on different network transaction platforms. For instance, the disclosed systems can cause two or more network transaction platforms to transmit and/or receive transactional values from one or more intermediary holding accounts upon receiving network transaction requests between user accounts belonging to the two or more network transaction platforms. In addition, the disclosed system can unify user account data on different network transaction platforms by modifying or updating the user account data (e.g., user attributes) by propagating schematized data messages to the one or more other network transaction platforms with instructions to modify or update the user attributes on other user accounts related to the user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Richard Vorp, Geetha Premraj, Michael Ducker, Priyanka Seth, Praveen Jain, Fletcher Fowler
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Publication number: 20240145096Abstract: Proposed is a system and method for measuring relative risk measurands of living individuals. The relative risk measurands provides a measure for the frequency of occurrences of specific medical events having impacting consequences in specified ranges to the living individual within a defined cohort of living individuals relative to a randomized cohort of living individuals. The system provides automation of the risk assessment and measuring process with a high efficiency and accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.Inventors: Douglas RIX, John SCHOONBEE, Michael DUCKER, Alan MARTIN, Aspasia ANGELAKOPOULOU
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Patent number: 11966887Abstract: The disclosure describes embodiments of systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media that enable network transactions between user accounts belonging to different network transaction platforms and unify user account modifications across user accounts on different network transaction platforms. For instance, the disclosed systems can cause two or more network transaction platforms to transmit and/or receive transactional values from one or more intermediary holding accounts upon receiving network transaction requests between user accounts belonging to the two or more network transaction platforms. In addition, the disclosed system can unify user account data on different network transaction platforms by modifying or updating the user account data (e.g., user attributes) by propagating schematized data messages to the one or more other network transaction platforms with instructions to modify or update the user attributes on other user accounts related to the user account.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.Inventors: Richard Vorp, Geetha Premraj, Michael Ducker, Priyanka Seth, Praveen Jain, Fletcher Fowler
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Patent number: 11900451Abstract: A real-time activity recommendation system receives an input from a user device regarding a targeted financial goal, such as a target credit score. Using machine learning models to evaluate patterns of user activity that contribute positively towards the goal, and to evaluate the limitations and opportunities of the user's financial circumstances and profile, the recommendation system makes an assessment in real time to determine user actions that can be taken to improve credit health based on a user's profile and activity data. A user-specific recommendation regarding an activity that should be performed to reach the goal is generated and transmitted to the user. User and third party activity is later monitored as the user's financial status changes over time, and the recommendations are updated accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Alexander King, Michael Ducker, Tilo Sloboda, Zachary Vaughn Smith
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Patent number: 11829985Abstract: A transaction approval system makes an assessment in real time whether to approve a purchase transaction and to select an account of the customer to fund the purchase transaction. The transaction approval system can use a machine learning model to select the appropriate account of the customer to fund a purchase transaction that satisfies one or more preferences or goals established by the customer or the system. The machine learning model can receive, as inputs, information on one or more of the customer's accounts, user preference information, information regarding the transaction and/or information regarding prior transactions by the customer and use the inputs and machine learning model to make a selection of a customer account that satisfies the preferences or goals established by the customer or system.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.Inventors: Michael Ducker, Taylor Lentz, Tilo Sloboda
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Publication number: 20230306431Abstract: A payer initiates a payment transaction of a certain dollar amount through a user interface provided by their bank. The bank generates a hyperlink associated with the payment transaction. By managing a state of the transaction, the hyperlink can be given an expiration time and/or a counter of visits. The hyperlink is sent to a payment recipient in a text message or email, either by the payer or by the bank. Upon following the hyperlink, the recipient can enter their own debit card information to receive the money transfer to their debit account, without the need to set up an account login or account. A notification mechanism, such as a broadcast stream of payments, can be employed to inform different entities (such as those recording property payments or utilities payments) that a payment was made to the payment recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Michael Ducker, Baishi Wu
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Patent number: 11699157Abstract: A payer initiates a payment transaction of a certain dollar amount through a user interface provided by their bank. The bank generates a hyperlink associated with the payment transaction. By managing a state of the transaction, the hyperlink can be given an expiration time and/or a counter of visits. The hyperlink is sent to a payment recipient in a text message or email, either by the payer or by the bank. Upon following the hyperlink, the recipient can enter their own debit card information to receive the money transfer to their debit account, without the need to set up an account login or account. A notification mechanism, such as a broadcast stream of payments, can be employed to inform different entities (such as those recording property payments or utilities payments) that a payment was made to the payment recipient.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.Inventors: Michael Ducker, Baishi Wu
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Patent number: 11539698Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Michael Ducker
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Publication number: 20220116407Abstract: A messaging system includes features of gathering information regarding content accessed across multiple applications and/or devices and making that information available to account holders of the messaging system. The messaging system stores data related to accessed content in a plurality of indices and makes that data available to enable account holders to access previously-accessed content, even if the previous access occurred in a different software application, on a different device, or on a device with a different operating system. Account holders may also be provided with recommendations based on gathered information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Gabor Cselle, Tural Badirkhanli, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Jeffrey Seibert, JR.
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Patent number: 11303623Abstract: A system and method including: receiving an authorization request originating from an authorization module of an application executing on a client device, where the authorization request includes an identifier identifying the client device; causing transmission, based on the identifier, of a verification message to the client device, where the verification message includes a verification code; receiving a confirmation of the verification code from the authorization module of the application executing on the client device; authenticating the application based on the receiving the confirmation of the verification code; determining that the client device identified by the identifier corresponds to a user account including secure user data associated with a user; and transmitting a unique token verifying that the application is authorized to sign into the user account, where: the unique token uniquely identifies the user account to the application, and the secure user data is not shared with the application.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Michael Ducker, Sean Cook, Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Alex Roetter, Kevin Weil, Akash Garg, Jeremy Gordon
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Patent number: 11268409Abstract: A power plant system can comprise a first gas turbine having a first efficiency to produce a first exhaust flow, a first electrical generator driven by the first gas turbine, a first heat recovery steam generator to receive the first exhaust flow and generate a first steam flow, a second gas turbine having a second efficiency less than the first efficiency to produce a second exhaust flow, a second electrical generator driven by the second gas turbine, and an exhaust gas conditioning device to reduce temperature of the second exhaust flow, a steam turbine driving a steam electrical generator to receive the first steam flow. The second gas turbine can be selectively operated to generate electricity with the second electrical generator under peak loading conditions when a sum of output from the steam electrical generator and the first electrical generator are less than an electrical demand from a grid.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc., Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.Inventors: Scott Cloyd, Jiro Asakuno, Toshihiko Toyota, Masaru Takamatsu, Michael Ducker, David Hunt
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Patent number: 11218505Abstract: A messaging system includes features of gathering information regarding content accessed across multiple applications and/or devices and making that information available to account holders of the messaging system. The messaging system stores data related to accessed content in a plurality of indices and makes that data available to enable account holders to access previously-accessed content, even if the previous access occurred in a different software application, on a different device, or on a device with a different operating system. Account holders may also be provided with recommendations based on gathered information.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Gabor Cselle, Tural Badirkhanli, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Jeffrey Seibert, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210258309Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, JR., Michael Ducker
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Patent number: 11025624Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Michael Ducker
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Patent number: 11005883Abstract: Disclosed is a system for recommending content of a predefined category to an account holder, detecting spam applications, or account holders based on the account holder application graphs. The system receives information corresponding to applications executing on the client device of the account holders and generates an application graph for each account holder that includes a list of predefined application categories that are preferred by the account holder. For each predefined category, a list of account holders preferring content relevant to that category is predicted based on the set of generated application graphs. Some application graphs may be detected as spam application graphs by comparing the generated application graphs with a set of predefined spam application graphs. Alternatively, if the generated application graph does not match the predefined spam application graphs, they are compared to a set of application graphs from a database to find similar application graphs.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Deepak Rao, Argyrios Zymnis, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Sean Cook
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Publication number: 20200304483Abstract: A system and method including: receiving an authorization request originating from an authorization module of an application executing on a client device, where the authorization request includes an identifier identifying the client device; causing transmission, based on the identifier, of a verification message to the client device, where the verification message includes a verification code; receiving a confirmation of the verification code from the authorization module of the application executing on the client device; authenticating the application based on the receiving the confirmation of the verification code; determining that the client device identified by the identifier corresponds to a user account including secure user data associated with a user; and transmitting a unique token verifying that the application is authorized to sign into the user account, where: the unique token uniquely identifies the user account to the application, and the secure user data is not shared with the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Michael Ducker, Sean Cook, Jeffrey Seibert, JR., Alex Roetter, Kevin Weil, Akash Garg, Jeremy Gordon
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Publication number: 20200274885Abstract: A messaging system includes features of gathering information regarding content accessed across multiple applications and/or devices and making that information available to account holders of the messaging system. The messaging system stores data related to accessed content in a plurality of indices and makes that data available to enable account holders to access previously-accessed content, even if the previous access occurred in a different software application, on a different device, or on a device with a different operating system. Account holders may also be provided with recommendations based on gathered information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Gabor Cselle, Tural Badirkhanli, Kelton Lynn, Michael Ducker, Jeffrey Seibert, JR.
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Publication number: 20200263569Abstract: A power plant system can comprise a first gas turbine having a first efficiency to produce a first exhaust flow, a first electrical generator driven by the first gas turbine, a first heat recovery steam generator to receive the first exhaust flow and generate a first steam flow, a second gas turbine having a second efficiency less than the first efficiency to produce a second exhaust flow, a second electrical generator driven by the second gas turbine, and an exhaust gas conditioning device to reduce temperature of the second exhaust flow, a steam turbine driving a steam electrical generator to receive the first steam flow. The second gas turbine can be selectively operated to generate electricity with the second electrical generator under peak loading conditions when a sum of output from the steam electrical generator and the first electrical generator are less than an electrical demand from a grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Scott Cloyd, Jiro Asakuno, Toshihiko Toyota, Masaru Takamatsu, Michael Ducker, David Hunt
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Publication number: 20200153829Abstract: Disclosed is a system for delegating authentication of an untrusted application executing on a client device. For delegated authentication, an untrusted application relies on a trusted application executing in the same environment for authentication purposes. The delegated authentication process avoids requiring the user of the untrusted application to provide authentication credentials. The disclosed system for delegating authentication enables any trusted application executing in the same computing environment to authenticate the untrusted application.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Michael Ducker
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Patent number: 10581824Abstract: A system and method including: receiving, from a client device, an authorization request originating from an authorization module of an application executing on the client device, where the authorization request includes an identifier identifying the client device; causing transmission, based on the identifier, of a verification message to the client device, where the verification message includes a verification code; receiving a confirmation of the verification code from the authorization module of the application executing on the client device; authenticating the application based on the receiving the confirmation of the verification code; determining that the client device identified by the identifier corresponds to a user account including secure user data associated with a user; and transmitting a unique token verifying that the application is authorized to sign into the user account, where: the unique token uniquely identifies the user account to the application, and the secure user data is not shared wType: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Michael Ducker, Sean Cook, Jeffrey Seibert, Jr., Alex Roetter, Kevin Weil, Akash Garg, Jeremy Gordon